Modelling of escalating outpatient antibiotic expenditures

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1001-1004

  Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Expenditure; Model

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFPROZIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LORACARBEF; MACROLIDE; NEW DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; OUTPATIENT CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GREECE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 0348149153     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg464     Document Type: Article

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